Drawabox Lesson 1, Exercise 4: Things to Remember (Tables of Ellipses)

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While we explored the Tables of Ellipses exercise in the previous video, here we go back over some of the key points you should be keeping in mind when going through this exercise.
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[@Deretythe]

Something I found helps is ghosting the entire 'follow through'. Since the goal is to draw the ellipse twice, I ghost going around twice, then pause for a moment, then repeat, sort of like a heartbeat rhythm. That makes it feel more natural to draw it exactly twice once the pen actually hits the page.

[@crimsomnia1415]

I was struggling with confidence in my ellipses at first and managed to fix it by picking up speed and thinking in my head the words "Beeaaauuutiful ellipse" whenever I was drawing them out. For some reason drawing ellipses used to make me anxious and that little mantra fixed it. Perhaps it was because making a perfect ellipse freehand is nigh impossible?

[@zebecuro]

Anyone here in 2024

[@barrr5]

Thank you Uncomfortable for this huge amount of knowledge! I am on lesson 3 already and what you teach really help me a lot to draw a better :D

[@MehmetSarkd]

I discovered drawabox at 2020 but couldn't focus to it. This time I am gonna make real progress. (03.02.23)

[@baconlord9123]

i think that the people that disliked this video fail the course

[@ryze_xspitez2920]

I think it’s kinda funny how he has just a hint of more seriousness in this vid than the previous one like he’s seen too many people messing this one up.

[@blubber0_0]

My problem is, I can't decide whether to draw the ellipses clockwise or anti-clockwise..

[@f16madlion]

Uncomfortable, are you sure about this drawing every single eclipse exactly twice? You don't really cite why this is a good idea or any source for it

[@greatgaurav2001]

Thank You very much Uncomfortable. Are there any other websites like yours where others like you are offering this much knowledge for free ?

[@fe3864]

I cant wait till you get to the perspective segment!

[@aqualolaquintecent9553]

Thank you so much for the free education . So structured. , so detailed. I am at lesson 1 , Ellipses , doing everything that was said in 'lesson 0' , reading as well as watching videos , following all instructions . Hope to see improvements by the time I come to the end of these lessons😁. Ty once again for all your effort .

[@M1nt.n1te]

It’s absolutely incredible that you have so much high quality content available for free. These lessons are excellent

[@nomnombr]

17/06/22 everyday doing one exercise of everything I need to do, thank you for making this possible and free!

[@valkyrsix]

thank you for the demonstration, much appreciated.

[@Umairah0103]

thank you so much sensei for the knowledge!!

[@Imperfect_Ambition]

Let's give it a try! Thank you for all the knowledge you're sharing :)

[@APerson-ws4cw]

I tried this lesson before the new videos, but gave up and I've only just started again. That may have been the best plan haha

[@thourawc9156]

thank you! This is really helping me upgrade my lacking foundation.

[@passusers3360]

these lessons are awesome. just are.